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Atlas Map Style -- Add Land after completing the map, how?

Hello everyone! I've just finished a map that uses Ascension's atlas style method. I have a question, though. After I've made the map fully, is it possible to add some islands or perhaps even new continents? I don't like some parts of the map, which need to be removed. So can I do this? If so, how? Thanks!

If I recall, that tutorial is pretty rigid; not easy to add or remove stuff after you've completed steps. It seems like it'd be pretty easy to add new stuff in though; just paste the new islands in from a new photoshop document. You'll most likely have to blend in the oceans a bit, but it shouldn't be too much of a deal breaker.